On December 15th and 16th, Viking River Cruises and Willamette International Travel sponsored clients’ entry to “The Discovery of King Tut”, an exhibit displayed at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) with replicas of hundreds of items found in his tomb since the early 20th century. It began with a brief introduction of how King Tut’s tomb became discovered and had life size displays of a few of the rooms and how they were originally found. After an overview, there were replicas from each of the rooms in his tomb, each of which were so detailed it felt like you were seeing the originals!

Photo by Cristabel Nichols

Below are three of the shrines that surrounded King Tut’s coffin, they were enclosed in each other just like Russian nesting dolls, leaving very little space between each shrine.

Photo by Hannah Bown

Each of the shrines that encased King Tut’s body along with golden coffins were show in life size and made you wonder, “How did they do that?!”

The following photo shows King Tut’s gold coffins, which were laid inside each other, like a set of Russian nesting dolls.

Photo by Kimberly Bown

A wonderful addition to the visual displays are the guided recordings provided to each guest, really bringing the entire story to life. If you plan on attending, a suggestion would be to bring a pair of headphones to plug into the guided recording device, this way you do not have to hold the device to your ear the entire time. There were a lot of details that I was unaware of, such as the unknowing of how he died or the discrepancy of whether he was murdered or died from health reasons.

Replica throne, photo by Kimberly Bown

Chariot replica found in King Tut’s tomb. Photo by Hannah Bown

Engravings on shrines. Photo by Colleen Hoyt

Anubis, protector of the gates to the Underworld. Photo by Colleen Hoyt

King Tut’s golden mask that he was buried in. Photo by Hannah Bown

Photo by Lindsay Nichols

This photograph shows the exact placement of items found in King Tut’s tomb. It was meticulously mapped by Howard Carter’s team which was a first for the time.